Medical cannabis use among patients with chronic pain in an interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program: characterization and treatment outcomes

A Shah, J Craner, JL Cunningham - Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Cannabis is increasingly being used in the treatment of chronic pain. However,
there is a lack of available research in the population of patients with chronic pain who are …

Cannabis and pain: a clinical review

KP Hill, MD Palastro, B Johnson… - … and cannabinoid research, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: Cannabis has been used for medical purposes across the world for centuries.
As states and countries implement medical and recreational cannabis policies, increasing …

Medical cannabis–the Canadian perspective

GD Ko, SL Bober, S Mindra, JM Moreau - Journal of pain research, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Cannabis has been widely used as a medicinal agent in Eastern medicine with earliest
evidence in ancient Chinese practice dating back to 2700 BC. Over time, the use of medical …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabis for the management of pain: assessment of safety study (COMPASS)

MA Ware, T Wang, S Shapiro, JP Collet, A Boulanger… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cannabis is widely used as a self-management strategy by patients with a wide range of
symptoms and diseases including chronic non-cancer pain. The safety of cannabis use for …

Association of a positive drug screening for cannabis with mortality and hospital visits among Veterans Affairs enrollees prescribed opioids

S Keyhani, S Leonard, AL Byers, T Zaman… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cannabis has been proposed as a therapeutic with potential opioid-sparing
properties in chronic pain, and its use could theoretically be associated with decreased …

Re-branding cannabis: the next generation of chronic pain medicine?

GT Carter, SP Javaher, MHV Nguyen, S Garret… - Pain …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The field of pain medicine is at a crossroads given the epidemic of addiction and overdose
deaths from prescription opioids. Cannabis and its active ingredients, cannabinoids, are a …

Consensus recommendations on dosing and administration of medical cannabis to treat chronic pain: results of a modified Delphi process

A Bhaskar, A Bell, M Boivin, W Briques… - Journal of cannabis …, 2021 - Springer
Background Globally, medical cannabis legalization has increased in recent years and
medical cannabis is commonly used to treat chronic pain. However, there are few …

Relationship between nociplastic pain involvement and medication use, symptom relief, and adverse effects among people using medical cannabis for chronic pain

JR Scott, DA Williams, SE Harte, RE Harris… - The Clinical Journal …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Cannabis is increasingly being used for chronic pain management, but
cannabis' effects remain poorly characterized in chronic nociplastic pain (NPP), which is …

Consensus‐based recommendations for titrating cannabinoids and tapering opioids for chronic pain control

A Sihota, BK Smith, SA Ahmed, A Bell… - … journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Opioid misuse and overuse have contributed to a widespread overdose crisis and
many patients and physicians are considering medical cannabis to support opioid tapering …

Medical cannabis for chronic nonmalignant pain management

M Hameed, S Prasad, E Jain, BN Dogrul… - Current Pain and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cannabis has been used since ancient times for medical and
recreational research. This review article will document the validity of how medical cannabis …